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Overview

David L. Swerdlow is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, where their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine with a concentration on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple subfields, including infectious diseases, epidemiology, health, modeling and simulation, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research topics include vaccine coverage and hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, respiratory viral infections, COVID-19 clinical research, influenza virus studies, and pneumonia and respiratory infections.

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Frederick J. Angulo
  • Farid Khan
  • John M. McLaughlin
  • Luis Jódar
  • Marc Lipsitch

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Epidemiology and Infection
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David L. Swerdlow include:

  • "Impact and effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths following a nationwide vaccination campaign in Israel: an observational study using national surveillance data" (2021), published in The Lancet
  • "Defining the Epidemiology of Covid-19 - Studies Needed" (2020), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Rates of Medically Attended RSV Among US Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" (2022), published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • "Estimation of US SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Symptomatic Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Using Seroprevalence Surveys" (2021), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Infections, hospitalisations, and deaths averted via a nationwide vaccination campaign using the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Israel: a retrospective surveillance study" (2021), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States, April-June 2009.

    Seema Jain;Laurie Kamimoto;Anna M Bramley;Ann M. Schmitz

  • Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management

    Stephen S. Arnon;Robert Schechter;Thomas V. Inglesby;Donald A. Henderson

  • H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection during pregnancy in the USA

    Denise J Jamieson;Margaret A Honein;Sonja A Rasmussen;Jennifer L Williams

  • Epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks, United States, 1982-2002.

    Josefa M. Rangel;Phyllis H. Sparling;Collen Crowe;Patricia M. Griffin

  • Global Burden of Shigella Infections: Implications for Vaccine Development and Implementation of Control Strategies

    K. L. Kotloff;J. P. Winickoff;B. Ivanoff;J. D. Clemens

  • Impact and effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths following a nationwide vaccination campaign in Israel: an observational study using national surveillance data.

    Eric J Haas;Eric J Haas;Frederick J Angulo;John M McLaughlin;Emilia Anis;Emilia Anis

  • Defining the Epidemiology of Covid-19 - Studies Needed.

    Marc Lipsitch;David L. Swerdlow;Lyn Finelli

  • Campylobacter jejuni—An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen

    Sean F. Altekruse;Norman J. Stern;Patricia I. Fields;David L. Swerdlow

  • Investigation of bioterrorism-related anthrax, United States, 2001: epidemiologic findings.

    Daniel B. Jernigan;Pratima L. Raghunathan;Beth P Bell;Ross J. Brechner

  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 and the Hemolytic–Uremic Syndrome

    Thomas G. Boyce;David L. Swerdlow;Patricia M. Griffin

  • Emerging Foodborne Diseases

    S F Altekruse;M L Cohen;D L Swerdlow

  • Epidemiology of Seafood-Associated Infections in the United States

    Martha Iwamoto;Tracy Ayers;Barbara E. Mahon;David L. Swerdlow

  • Botulism in the United States: A Clinical and Epidemiologic Review

    Roger L. Shapiro;Charles Hatheway;David L. Swerdlow

  • A waterborne outbreak in Missouri of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with bloody diarrhea and death.

    Swerdlow Dl;Woodruff Ba;Brady Rc;Griffin Pm

  • USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

    David Lanier;Neil Schram;Ellen Cooper;Kenneth A. Freedberg

  • 2014 MERS-CoV Outbreak in Jeddah — A Link to Health Care Facilities

    Ikwo K. Oboho;Sara M. Tomczyk;Ahmad M. Al-Asmari;Ayman A. Banjar

  • Estimating the Burden of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in the United States (April 2009–April 2010)

    Sundar S Shrestha;David L Swerdlow;Rebekah H Borse;Vimalanand S Prabhu

  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever from an unexpected tick vector in Arizona.

    Linda J. Demma;Marc S. Traeger;William L. Nicholson;Christopher D. Paddock

  • Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionals.

    Alice S. Chapman;Johan S. Bakken;Scott M. Folk;Christopher D. Paddock

  • Clinicopathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Ultrastructural Findings of a Fatal Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in the United Arab Emirates, April 2014

    Dianna L. Ng;Farida Al Hosani;M. Kelly Keating;Susan I. Gerber

Frequent Co-Authors

Lyn Finelli
Lyn Finelli Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Susan I. Gerber
Susan I. Gerber Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Patricia M. Griffin
Patricia M. Griffin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Daniel R. Feikin
Daniel R. Feikin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sonja J. Olsen
Sonja J. Olsen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Frederick J. Angulo
Frederick J. Angulo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert C. Holman
Robert C. Holman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sonja A. Rasmussen
Sonja A. Rasmussen Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dean D. Erdman
Dean D. Erdman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Daniel B. Jernigan
Daniel B. Jernigan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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